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February 2016

February 16, 2016

An Inconvenient Truth (Guggenheim, 2006) — 10 Years Later

A decade after the world's most famous documentary sent us running for the hills, Greenland...

February 07, 2016

The Devil Wears Prada (Frankel, 2006) — 10 Years Later

It’s morning in Manhattan and the legion of the city’s models rise. They dress in...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

My Best Picture Choice: Room

By any standard, Room is a film full of meaning. But compared to the other...

January 26, 2016

My Best Picture Choice: Mad Max: Fury Road

The sheer spectacle of Fury Road is almost on the scale of grand opera; it's...

January 17, 2016

My Best Picture Choice: Spotlight

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the Oscars this...

December 2015

December 05, 2015

A GLBTQ Movie Season

GLBTQ Movies Have Become More Prevalent at Festivals -- Will Mainstream Audiences Ever Embrace Them?

November 2015

November 21, 2015

“Feel Better” Movies — Evan Cogswell’s List

I initially planned to balance my selection among different types of films, but then I...

November 15, 2015

Feel “Better” Movies — What to Watch When the News is Bleak

Here are five films that make me feel better when I'm feeling bad about...everything else.

November 01, 2015

“How Can I Get Screeners?”

Kenneth R. Morefield explains why, no, you cannot borrow his screener.

August 2015

August 09, 2015

The Trial (Welles, 1962)

The parable, like the film itself, defies any solution. Like a Lewis Carroll riddle disguised...

July 2015

July 03, 2015

Revenge of the Mekons (Angio, 2013)

The Mekons are bad. Like, really. honestly bad. They’ll be the first to tell you.

June 2015

June 27, 2015

24 Observations About The Terminator on the Eve of Genisys

If you've ever wondered how my reviews are constructed, these notes should give you glimpses...

May 2015

May 24, 2015

Film History Spotlight: Max Ophuls

Max Ophuls didn't invent the tracking shot, but he may have used it more effectively...

March 2015

March 19, 2015

SXSW 2015 — GTFO: Get the F&#% Out

For women who refuse to sit on the sidelines and let men decide what jobs...

February 2015

February 22, 2015

In Defense of “To Kill a Mockingbird” — A Response to Roger Ebert

Who says hope can't be grounded in truth?

January 2015

January 25, 2015

Whiplash (Chazelle, 2014)

There are a lot of lies in play in Whiplash (★★★★), Damien Chazelle's Oscar-nominated water-cooler...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

Last Temptation Turns Twenty-Five

Whatever Scorsese's expectations during filming—it's worth remembering that at least one studio backed away from...

December 14, 2014

Welcoming Andrew Spitznas to 1More Film Blog

It gives me great pleasure to welcome Andrew Spitznas to the roster of 1More Film...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Queen Rock Montreal (Swimmer, 2002)

My former drama instructor always used to say, though, that the highest praise for art...

October 2014

October 05, 2014

Are Christian Films Judged By a Double Standard?

Are Christian films judged by a double standard? I am going to go ahead and...

August 2014

August 24, 2014

Snowpiercer vs. The Giver

I wouldn't begrudge anyone who thinks the films Snowpiercer and The Giver have as much...

August 03, 2014

The Most Neglected Verse in Christian Culture Wars…

I don't think I'm holier than anyone who watches what I don't.

July 2014

July 27, 2014

Revisiting Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales–Suzanne’s Career

For all of Rohmer's honesty about the emotional cowardice of (young) men, these films stop...

July 06, 2014

Masters of Sex — Three Ways the Showtime Series Surprised Me By Being Good

Showtime's serial adaptation of Thomas Maier's biography, Masters of Sex, launches its second season on...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Five Novels That May Be Unfilmable–and the Artists We Would Like to See Try

There are more movies each year and hence the need for stories has never been...

June 18, 2014

Troy (Petersen, 2004) — 10 Years Later: Part III

Think for a moment. How interesting is it that the Iliad is one of the...

June 14, 2014

Understanding Subtexts: Christian Reflections on The Celluloid Closet

Where subtlety crosses over into subtext is at the point where the author may not...

June 01, 2014

Troy (Petersen, 2004) — 10 Years Later: Part II

In Part I of this essay, Jeremy Purves looked back at critics' reviews of Troy...

May 2014

May 24, 2014

Troy (Petersen, 2004) — 10 Years Later: Part I

It has now been ten years since Wolfgang Petersen’s old-fashionedly classic film on the Trojan...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Noah (Aronofsky, 2014)

Minority opinions are important things, particularly in Christian circles where they are rarely trumpeted or...